Karim Kassem

The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.

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The story of a group of people in the working-class neighborhood of Al-Batiniya in Egypt, each living through their own struggles, ambitions, and crises in complex circumstances that threaten their stability. The story of Manaa occupies a central position as she faces social and psychological challenges.

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The film embarks on a journey into the world of romantic relationships with their ups and downs and their impact on human lives through a number of different stories, and it presents a new perspective on love that goes beyond traditional concepts and reveals unfamiliar angles.

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In Egypt, an iconic archaeological painting by an Italian artist is stolen, and the abbots deliberately conceal the crime to avoid scandal. This incident reignites an old conflict between Father Maurice and Father Francis, stemming from their differing views on life.

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Years have passed since the brothers have separated in their different ways of life. But one day, a ghost from the past returns to cast a shadow over the sons of Rizk, forcing them to return to a life of crime and theft once again in order to save themselves, in a fateful operation that is the largest, most dangerous, and most important in the history of the sons of Rizk.

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Over the course of one night, the journalist Omar embarks on a risky adventure in order to save himself and his friends.

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Yara abandons her dream job as a navigation officer for the sake of her possessive husband Youssef, while Khaled causes a tragic accident that puts Yara in grave danger.

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Eight darkly twisted tales tackling controversial topics that are made to show the thin line between good and evil, love and hate as well as truth and lies.

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A thriller about five friends who, after their graduation from the AUC, start working for Professor Selim Mansour, who is involved in illegal activities. But in the wake of a murder, everything changes.

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In a local Egyptian neighborhood, the death of the headman Fathy Eblis gives way to a series of vengeful acts and unleashes chaos upon the people.

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Three years after the events of the first film, the four brothers are trying in various ways to preserve the covenant they made to themselves to stay away from a life of theft and crime, but one event in their lives changes all that, and introduces them to new worlds for them, and puts them in very dangerous confrontations with A number of professional criminals.

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On his way to a DJ Championship in Brussels, a young Egyptian is mistaken for an illegal immigrant and detained in a country he's never heard of before.

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When a day in the life of a beleaguered Egyptian filmmaker goes sideways, he witnesses anew issues like class and gender relations.

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An atmosphere of adventure and comedy surrounding Mohamed Homs and Mustafa Bandari, two sculptors who make small monuments about people on the streets until a large monument comes their way and they begin to plan and prepare to carry out the process together, thus events that were not in the plan.

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The events take place within a private hospital between the team of doctors, nurses, nurses and patients in a cynical comedy as the hospital is located on the hot road, making this hospital of special character both in terms of the workers who have accepted the work in this remote seasonal location or in terms of inmates from two resorts or Arabia or emergency passes on the way to travel the hospital.

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After killing an orphan boy called (Karim) with her car, (Mona) suffers a psychological shock that made her imagine that Karim lived and grew up. She writes a novel about him and imagined herself to be (Nour) the heroine of the novel,who loved (Karim) and wished to live with him.

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Him – Her – and what’s in between. A short experimental silent fiction film shot entirely on 16mm BW and colour film made in the tradition of classic silent-era filmmaking.

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An anthology drama with a unique format — every three episodes tell a complete, self-contained story about a different couple navigating a different relationship challenge. Covering 15 themes across its first season, from infidelity and domestic conflict to social media's impact on modern love, the series stars Hani Salama alongside a rotating cast of leading actresses. Relatable, bingeable and sharply observed.

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Hisham and Hadia, who work at the same advertising agency, an invitation to spend a vacation in Marsa Alam, in a resort owned by Sherihan. Hisham takes his wife, Aida, and Hadia takes her husband, Adel, and the four of them go on a vacation that will put their marriages to the test.

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Four brothers committing crimes with a promise among them to stop someday. When a deal goes south, the older brother says it's enough, but the other three disagree and recklessly do business with a wanted crime lord.

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A mother's journey in search for her son's murderer. The story unfolds between the past, present and even nightmares which gives subtle clues and hints to guide the mother to the murderer.

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Three stories take place over the course of a single day in Cairo. Lila, a retired actress, is looking for Sameh, her last co-star. Salma, is dating Wael and is in Wael's friend's apartment, after their marriage breaks down. Hazem is a young drug dealer on the run from Alexandria to Cairo and picks up an old man with Alzheimer's disease. The six characters find themselves at decisive points of their lives, which although disparate, are brought together by destiny, and are brought out through pitch-perfect performances by Egyptian cinema's legends.

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When a major character is murdered by a hit-man in Beirut, an Egyptian in the city is charged with the crime. Against a backdrop of mystery and suspense, the story continues to unfold until the true culprit is revealed.

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A photojournalist bears witness to a murder and takes photos of the incident, only to find himself involved in the crime. When he becomes a suspect, it's up to him to prove his innocence.

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Mahmoud is a young engineer who misses on a job at his university due to corruption. As he stands up to a businessman, the latter frames him for murder and Mahmoud is forced to flee in an attempt to prove his innocence. But another tragedy awaits him when his brother gets killed.

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A group of youngsters establishes a private university after failing to get high grades in high school. They reveal through this university a lot of errors and constraints in the educational system in Egypt, which affect even their personal lives.

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Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.

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Youssef, a student at the Faculty of Fine Arts, responds to the call of talent and love of drawing against his family's wishes.

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Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

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Wael El-Magic is an ambitious young man who wants to have a better life at any cost. He leads a group of friends as they form a swindling gang, which gets them into a lot of trouble.

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A group of youngsters; a rich, a poor, a liberal, and a religious, all of them live a life full of turmoil and indecisiveness. The film depicts their lives, their love stories, and their dreams, and how their own hesitation impedes the fulfillment of their aspirations.

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In 2007 Cairo, a zoologist at a failing park witnesses the suffering of the animals he’s sworn to protect, and begins to see his own family mirrored in their captivity trapped by circumstance and yearning for freedom. When a wealthy visitor offers to 'adopt' surplus animals from the zoo, the zoologist is drawn into a wrenching moral dilemma that tests the limits of integrity, sacrifice and love.

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In Egypt, an iconic archaeological painting by an Italian artist is stolen, and the abbots deliberately conceal the crime to avoid scandal. This incident reignites an old conflict between Father Maurice and Father Francis, stemming from their differing views on life.

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In Egypt, an iconic archaeological painting by an Italian artist is stolen, and the abbots deliberately conceal the crime to avoid scandal. This incident reignites an old conflict between Father Maurice and Father Francis, stemming from their differing views on life.

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A shy, uncertain man drives his car listening to an aria at night, with his more confident brother, a self-obsessed actor, tied up inside the trunk. They soon arrive at a clearing. The driver digs a ditch and begs his captive to lay inside it. As the story unfolds, the two characters’ dynamics start to shift. The two brothers’ confrontation heats up even more. The whole scene is covered in red. There’s no turning back at this point.

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